Frauds Alleged in Indian Affairs Reported in Senate Fight
Washington reports allege gross frauds against Crow and White Earth Chippewa Indians over land and timber allotments. The Interior Department inquiry cites Maj. James McLaughlin and Simon Michelet for improper conduct. Bois Fort Indians plan to petition President-elect Wilson to seek restitution for withheld funds and unfinished improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Indian Bureau
Townsend
Senate
White Earth
Minnesota
James McLaughlin
Committee On
Interior Department
Congress
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
United States
White Buard
Simon Michelet
Thomas Downs
Amy
James McLoughlin
Francis E. Leupp
Roosevelt
Wilson
Nett Lake
Minn
Bois Fort
Dah-Bway-Wan-Dung
Mahjishkung
Frank H. Pequette
Washington
Neglect of Passengers Cited in Cheslake Inquest
Vancouver jury foreman says passengers remaining in staterooms were neglected by crew during the sinking of the Cheslake at the port of Canada. The inquest delivered today statements on the crew's duty and the tragedy's handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Vancouver
B C
Port of Canada
Cheslake
Relief Bill Passes for Indiana Flood Sufferers
The Indiana lower house approved a relief bill to aid flood victims along the Ohio and Wabash rivers. It authorizes a seven hundred thousand dollar appropriation and allows Governor Ralston to allocate necessary assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Indianapolie
Ind
Ohio
Wabash
Indiana
General Assembly
Ralston
Robbers Dote on Sweets in Manitowoc Confectionery Burglary
Special to The Northwestern. Manitowoc Wisconsin January 16 burglars gained entry through a rear floor by picking the lock or using a skeleton key and robbed the sugar bowl a local confectionery store of eighteen dollars in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitowoc
Wis
Green Bay Sudden Death of Shiocton Farmer Pride
In Green Bay Wisconsin on January 16 Barb Atlander aged seventy a retired farmer from Shiocton died suddenly while walking across a bridge this afternoon. The report notes Pride in That City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiocton
Green Bay
Wis
Barb" Atlander
Titsomy
Death of Dr. T. S. Lowe Inventor and Aerial Scout
Pasadena Alabama January reports the death of Dr Thad T Lowe a noted scientist experimenter and inventor born August 1 1832 in Jefferson New Hampshire He served as an aerial scout for the Army of the Potomac in 1861 1862 and devised balloon signals aiding Union gunners He invented an ice compression machine and started the first cold storage plant His work transformed devices in the gas industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pasadena
Thadntist
Dr. Lowe
Jefferson
N. H
Army of the Potomac
Lowe
Castro Case Foresee Court Ruling On Admission Question
Washington and New York dispatches report Gen. Cipriano Castro's appeal of an immigration ban to the United States. A special board ruled Castro admitted to a crime involving moral turpitude, prompting a possible court challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cipriano Castro
New York
United States
Nagel
Special Board of Inquiry
Astra
General Paredes
Venezuela
Tr Tg
Castro
Aipriano Castro
Ellis Istaul
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Williams
Louis Varela
Antonio Paredes
Paredes
Losses on Great Lakes Reported Nineteen Vessels Lost
The year report by William L. Livingstone of Detroit notes nineteen vessels lost on the Great Lakes with thirty three lives lost. Sixteen crew members from the Rouse Simmons perished. Steamers suffered the largest share of the losses. The James Gayley sank after colliding with the Rensselaer on Lake Superior. cargo and ship losses totaled about seven hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voy Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Jan. Jr
Great Lakes
Willam L. Livingstone
Lake Cartiers” Association
Rouse Simmons
Michigan
Chicago
Lake Michigan
James Gayley
Rensselaer
Lake Superior
Peace Parley Resumes Between Bulgarians and Roumanians
Dr S Daneff head of the Bulgarian delegation resumes talks with Roumanian minister of the interior M Ionescu on Roumanian claims from the Balkan war. Sofia ordered the resumption with Russia aiding to ease tensions and support European powers’ aims for calm in the Balkans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pres
London
S. Daneff
M. Ionescu
Sofia
Russia
Bulgaria
Roumania
Balkans
German potash bill to restrict production proposed
Berlin January 16 Clemens Delbrueck minister of the interior says the German government is preparing a new potash bill to restrict production. The measure will likely be introduced before the current session ends, as stated at the budget committee meeting of the imperial parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Clemens Delbrueck
Interior
Build Municipal Dock In Proposition Under Way
The city council of Anhland Ashand Wile voted unanimously to build a municipal dock costing at least 50 000 on a 10 000 site. The total cost will reach about 75 100 and the dock will be constructed of cement and iron during the coming summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Anhland
Ashand
Wile
Flana
City of Cement and Iron
Wisconsin Moves to Expand Wage Act and End Contributory Negligence
Madison reports two proposed amendments to the wage compensation act aim to remove the contributory negligence defense and bring all employers under the act unless they opt out by June. Adjournment delayed action until Monday. measures gain support from the industrial commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Assembly
Fred L. Holmes
Wisconsin
Inbor
Industrial Commission
State Industrial Commission
Wisconsin Liquor Dealers’ Association
Senate
Paul Hasting
George E. Scott
Browne
Rodd Dullding
Ackerly
Jlacing
United States
Ekburn
McGovern-Ikern
Lewis A. Anderson
Ekern
Vonakl
Anderson
Tlat Ann Donald
Nordman
Ohio
Vretory
Donal
C.D. Rosa
Beloit
Rosa
I T. A. Stewart
Everett
Holmes
Stewart
Wis Eonging Memorial
Pfennig
Chinnock
Charles P. Wallig
Kenosha Iounty
Roessler
Vessels Missing Spark Search by Revenue Cutters
After days of searching Washington reports the bark Carrie Winslow and the cutter Dorothea remain missing as Seneca, in wireless contact, aids the hunt with patrols continuing for a possible recovery. The future and other missing ships are also part of the ongoing hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
DB. C
Seneca
Abe
Carrie Winslow
Dorothea
New Money Reform Urged By Bankers in Capital
Washington hearing on currency reform features WLAL Nash of the Corn Exchange Bank proposing twenty regional clearing houses with authority to issue ruin certificates and convert them into government currency at a fixed percentage of their value. Nash rejects a central bank and urges not to imitate European methods. Committee plans to hear from business leaders farmers and labor reps next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Fress
Washington
DD. C
Hose
Wlal Nash
Corn Exchang Bank of New York
New York Cleating House
Nash
Guance
Ba Bull
Glass
House
Committee Inter
Levee Breach Floods Lawrenceburg District
A major levee break in Lawrenceburg Indiana floods the town forcing residents from homes and driving refugees to safety. The courthouse churches and schools shelter evacuees as workers throw sacks of gravel into the breach to avert a disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Associatiu Press
Dni
Roosevelt Suspenders Draw Manitowoc Boy’s Treasure
A Manitowoc, Wisconsin boy preserves suspenders and an old collar worn by Theodore Roosevelt during his 1912 attempted assassination in Milwaukee. The items, tied to Roosevelt’s injury and a court case, are floodstained and valued at no sale after a local man refused a $400 offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitowoc
Wis
Theodore Roonwrelt
Mil
John
Northern State Hospital
Winnebago
Yin Kumbulik
Chicago
Roosevelt
Kumbulik
Funeral Held for Arthur Tuttle in Waukau
Arthur Tuttle, 59, died at the Northern Hospital for the Insane after years in the area. Funeral services were at the Methodist church with Rev. D Cofflen officiating. Interment followed in Waukau cemetery. Surviving relatives include a brother Invin Tuttle in California and several sisters across California Denver Minnesota and Waukau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukau
Wis
Arthur Tuttle
Methodist
Northern Hospital For
Tuttle
Invin Tuttle
California
Denver
Minnesota
Loraine Tuttle
Rev
D. Cofflen
Waukau Cemetery
Bill For Widow Of Lieut Gen Arthur MacArthur
Representative James H. Davidson introduced a bill in Washington proposing a $2 509 annual pension for the widow of the late Lieut Gen Arthur MacArthur. The measure mirrors a Senate bill by Senator Stephenson and Senator La Follette has filed a separate pension of $190 a month. Davidson has recovered from a grip that delayed him in Oshkosh and reached the capital late Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D
James H. Davidson
Arthur MacArthur
Senate
Stephenson
la Follette
MacArthur
Davidson
Washington
Oshkosh
Friends of Jurists Appear for confirmations at Washington
Representatives of the Chicago Bar Association urged the confirmation of President Taft's nominees Charles S. Cutting as district judge and George A. Carpenter as circuit judge at Chicago before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington. Protests against Cutting's confirmation had already been heard by the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
DD. C
Chicago Bar Association
Senate Judiciary Committee
Taft
Charles S. Cutting
George
A. Carpenter
Chisago
Cutting
Marinette County Roads Plan for $200,000 Bond Issue
Marinette Wisconsin January 16 a county board committee was appointed to gauge public sentiment behind a plan to bond the county for 200000 to improve main country roads. The board will seek guidance from the state highway commission on project plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marinette
Wis
Drastic Senate Lobby Rule Drawn Up
Madison Jan 16 A drastic lobby rule is proposed in the senate to exclude any person interested in promoting or defeating legislation from the floor during sessions. A saving clause permits a member to bring a state visitor on the floor on request, while journalists gain interview access when not in session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spelat
Northwestern
Madison
Senate
Aenember
Congress
Supreme Court
Courts
Lven & Gallery
True
State Park Board
State Board of Forestry
Cunningham
Senator True
Agricultural Experiment Station
Prairies
Gurney Refrigerator firm sold to Fond du Lac sisters
J Gurney the president and manager of the Gurney Refrigerator Co sells his interest to Florence J Peck and Ben Hooper both of Fond du Lac. The sisters gain a majority of stock and the firm with about 260 employees and a half million dollar yearly business. Medberry retires and will winter on the Pacific coast. The company was organized in 1890 with Theodore Gurney as patentee and David Jack and M J Peck among incorporators. The plant began in this city but was burned and moved to Fond du Lac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Gurney
Gurney Refrigerator Company
Fond du Lac
Florence J. Peck
Ben Hooper
Peck
Hooper
Medbarry
Parcilic
Mr. Medberry
Theodore Gurney
David Jack
M. J. Peck
Westminster Guild to Host First General Reception
The Westminster guild holds its first general reception for members and interested young ladies at the First Presbyterian church parlors tomorrow evening. A 6 15 oclock picnic supper precedes an informal program with readings by Alis RR Burtis piano selections by Lovina Kelle Maurice and W E Baker a New York Point System graduate. Additional attractions and a discussion on Mormonism are planned along with devotional exercises led by Abs DB J Withuns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Guild
First Presbyterian Church
Alis
M. Burtis
Lovina Kelle Maurice
W. E. Baker
New York
Poe Stud
J. Withuns
Wisconsin Poultry and Dog Shows Open Soon at Armory B
The Wisconsin State Poultry association show opens to the public today at Armory B with 700 birds and strong classes led by White and barred Plymouth rocks. Poultry judge Reese V Hicks and G M Wells arrive to judge birds as Prof. J G Halpin of the University of Wisconsin speaks tonight. the Fox River Valley Kennel Club show follows tomorrow with hundreds of dogs and exhibitors expected through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin State Poultry Association
Fox River Valley
Reese V. Hicks
American Poultry Association
G. M. Wella
Hicks
Wisconsin
Oshkosh
J. G. Halpin
University of Wisconsin
Armory Bo
Reese V. Hinks
Plymouth Rocks
Armory
J. H. Suchike
Wanugoo Street
Charles Hauler
Down
Diamond Match Company answer deadline in child labor case
The time for Diamond Match to file an answer in the state child labor suit in circuit court expires Saturday. Settlement talks may extend the period, with reports of a potential settlement sum between 1000 and 5000 dollars. The case may reduce counts and fines if some allegations are deemed invalid, and the final payment amount hinges on state and industrial commission leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond Match Company
Helef Fn
Charles [ H. Crownhart
Industrial Commission of the State
Francis E. McGovern
Condition of David N. Cameron Improves in Milwaukee
D M Campbell reports Cameron, a well known insurance man, is resting in Milwaukee to recover from business strain. He has shown steady improvement and plans to resume duties soon. Campbell says there is no illness or mental distress, addressing fears of friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David N. Cameron
Milwaukee
D. M. Campbell
Mr. Cameron
Mr. Campbell
Campbelll
Lisa
Cameron
Journalist Edward Matuis Deported by US Official
Edward Matuis, a journalist detained in New York, was ordered deported by Secretary Nagel of the Commerce Department for libeling King George of England. The action cites a crime involving moral turpitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preasy
Washington, D. C
Edward F. Matius
New York
Nagel
Department of Commerce
King George of England
Wisconsin Militia Officers Seek Pay Support in Washington
In Washington D C Major Mc Coy and Major Williams of the Wisconsin militia consult with the War Department on pay. Boardman of Oshkosh and Wiscon sin delegation members discussed militia funding requests. G A Reals, ill but improved, remains under care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
R. Boardman
Oshkosh
McCoy
Willams
Wisconsin Militia
Washington
War Department
Wisconato
F. Ww. C
Wisconsin Protest Over Customs District Realignment
Ashland and Superior protest a plan to move Ashland Layfield Washburn and Superior into the Minnesota district reporting to Duluth or St Paul. They favor a Wisconsin district with Milwaukee as main office and hope Wisconsin’s delegation can press the president for an undivided Wisconsin district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Wis
United States Customs Districts
United States
Layfield
Washburn
Superior
Minnesota
Dunluth
St. Paul
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Concentration of Money and Credit Questioned by Banker
George M Reynolds president of the Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago warns that the present concentration of money and credit is a menace. He opposes interlocking directorships and favors minority stockholder representation and a clearinghouse law, while noting no specific remedy. The House money trust committee delays continue with witness Jacob Schiff and an adjournment until next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. Vs
House Minney Trust
George M. Iternuids
Contneptal and Commercial National Bank For Chicago
Reynolds
House Money Trust Committee
Samuel Untermyer
Jacob H. Schiff
Kuehn, Toeb & Co
Schiff
Emperor punishes brother for marriage in Russia
In St. Petersburg on June 16 the emperor removed Grand Duke Michael from his army rank for marrying without the emperor’s consent. The manifesto strips him of guard duties, places his person and estate under guardianship, and transfers his estate to the imperial court. It cites the marriage to Madame Sheremetievs as the reason and alters succession as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholae
Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Michael
Nicholas
Chevalier Guards
Empercor
Sheremetievs
Fire in Appleton Garage Damages Cars and Interiors
A fire partially destroyed the Appleton Automobile Company's garage. The structure was not badly damaged but four cars were damaged mainly to tires and upholstery. All four were insured and dated 1912 models except one 1913. Origin unknown. loss undetermined. John McGanin, Milwaukee manager of the firm, present at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwes Appleton, Wis
Met Automobile Company
John McGanin
Am Wast
Milwaukee
Thirty-Eighth Ballot in House Continues for Speaker
Associated Press reports in Springfield AL that after the eighth ballot for speaker yielded no result the House recessed until Saturday. It was agreed no further balloting until next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mhools
Associated Press
Springfield
Jan
Balot
Deatinek
Unclear Weather Report Fragment from Local Observations
Fragmentary local weather notes indicate unsettled conditions with rain or snow possible in northern portions. Night or Friday may see continued warmth in other areas while temperatures, clouds, and general remarks remain indeterminate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuele Ie
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Crew of the Cheslake
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Inaue
Hoth Housen
Madison, Wis
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Owen
Winnchexo
Bill
MR. Davidson
C.J. Medberry
Onhire Lady
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The
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Malius
Boardman
Capitol
G. &. Reals
Badger Cities
G. 4. Reynolds
ICAGO
Continental Commercial Adational Bank
Appleton
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